re: #39 gwangung

This assumes that we have expertise at nation building. I think everyone over-estimates our capability at this—-the batting average is far lower than what people think.

And we didn’t help ourselves diverting our attention to Iraq at a critical time.

Before you can build a nation you have to be sure that it isn’t already built to suit the inhabitants. Most people who wanted Afghanistan to be a modern western-oriented secular democracy are dead.